[aprssig] Cheap USB GPS available again

Jason Winningham jdw at eng.uah.edu
Fri Aug 18 11:44:18 EDT 2006


On Aug 18, 2006, at 9:59 AM, <scott at opentrac.org> wrote:

> Got a tracker in mind that'll act as a USB host?  Or are you planning 
> to
> bypass the converter chip?

The latter.  I figure for $32  it may be worth the effort.  My limited 
understanding is that the host part of USB is quite resource intensive, 
so it either won't fit or isn't worth the trouble on a typical 
microcontroller.

-Jason
kg4wsv





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